“It’s not enough for me to have confidence in these programs. The American people have to have confidence in them as well.” — President Barack Obama, who vowed to work with Congress on reforms for the domestic surveillance programs.

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“There’s some collusion going on. This guy is a major trafficker. This guy is bad, a mean son of a gun.” — Edward Heath, the former DEA regional director for Mexico, after a Mexican federal court released drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero from prison.

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“This is a wonderful thing to happen to Ocean County after all the difficulties we’ve gone through with Superstorm Sandy.” — Donna Flynn, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey shore county, after 16 workers from a county garage claimed one of the three winning tickets in the $448 million Powerball jackpot.